Managing Unspent Federal Metropolitan Planning Funds
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and other state departments of transportation (DOTs) distribute federal funds from Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration—PL funds and 5303 funds, respectively— to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to support the MPOs’ metropolitan planning activities. There are times when an MPO may be unable to spend all of the federal funds it receives in a fiscal year, which can result in carryover funds. MnDOT is considering a change in its current practice to permit MPOs to carry over federal planning funding for up to five years. To inform possible changes in MnDOT’s management of unspent federal metropolitan planning funds, this Transportation Research Synthesis uses a survey of selected state DOTs to gather information about other states’ policies and practices in permitting and managing carryover funds, including MPO and DOT actions, and the benefits and drawbacks of these practices.
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Corporate Authors:
CTC & Associates LLC
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Authors:
- Retzlaff, Bobbi
- Linsenmayer, Mark
- Warzala, Dan
- Publication Date: 2017-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Maps; Tables;
- Pagination: 36p
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Synthesis
- Issue Number: 1701
- Publisher: Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Serial URL: http://www.research.dot.state.mn.us
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Government funding; Metropolitan planning organizations; Policy; State departments of transportation; State of the practice; Surveys
- Identifier Terms: Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01633314
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Apr 28 2017 10:42AM